Wuhan City: Full-process closed-loop management allows retired power batteries to be "green and reborn"

Wuhan is an important town in the automobile industry. In 2023, sales of new energy passenger vehicles will be 146381, a year-on-year increase of 47%. As the power batteries of the first batch of new energy vehicles have gradually reached the recycling end, Wuhan City is actively establishing and improving a recycling system for retired power batteries based on the construction of a "waste-free city", promoting closed-loop cooperation in the industrial chain, and improving the overall industrial resource utilization level and reduce carbon emissions throughout the life cycle.

The first is to improve policies to lead industries to gather green and empower them. Since it was identified as a key city for the construction of the national waste material recycling system in 2022, policies and systems related to the recycling of retired power batteries in Wuhan City have been continuously improved. The "Implementation Plan for Wuhan City to Promote Large-scale Equipment Renewal and Consumer Goods Replacement with Old Goods" proposes to "accelerate the replacement of power batteries. Strengthen the hierarchical utilization of retired power batteries in energy storage and other fields." The "Implementation Plan for the Construction of a" Waste-Free City "in Wuhan City requires" improving the power battery recycling and processing system." Build three major industrial chains: waste battery recycling and power battery material manufacturing, electronic waste recycling and high-value utilization, scrap vehicle recycling and overall resource utilization. All units (automobile sales, maintenance companies, etc.) that generate product waste such as vehicle power batteries and scrapped motor vehicles in the city will be included in the recycling system." Include "Waste New Energy Vehicle Power Battery Recycling Equipment" in the Green Industry Guidance Catalog to provide green financial services.

The second is to strictly supervise and promote enterprises to move green. Vigorously promote the transformation and upgrading of motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises, increase environmental pollution supervision, and supervise enterprises to strictly enforce environmental protection and pollution prevention and control measures. All nine scrapped motor vehicle companies have the ability to dismantle new energy vehicles. Currently, three companies have entered the list of enterprises regulating the cascade utilization of used power batteries for new energy vehicles by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, with an annual processing capacity of 60,000 tons. In 2023, the research and development and engineering demonstration of key technologies, processes and equipment for intelligent dismantling of new energy vehicles and power battery cascade utilization will be completed. project.

Wuhan Power Battery Regeneration Technology Co., Ltd. and its cascade utilization production line

The third is closed-loop management to achieve green regeneration of batteries. Give full play to the traceability supervision role of the comprehensive management platform for national monitoring of new energy vehicles and traceability of power battery recycling, urge new energy vehicle production enterprises to implement the main responsibility of recycling, and guide scrapped motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises and power battery recycling enterprises to carry out full life cycle traceability management. Wuhan Gemmei Company has established a green supply chain cooperation channel with new energy battery factories, new energy vehicle factories, and cascade utilization enterprises to form a closed-circuit circulation of power battery recycling and nickel and cobalt resources, and build a four-level national recycling network system. Currently, more than 140 recycling outlets have been established across the country, and overseas power battery recycling networks have been deployed and built in South Korea, Indonesia, and Europe. Automobile production companies such as Dongfeng Group have established recycling service outlets and cooperated with battery production, scrap car recycling, dismantling and comprehensive utilization companies to build a regional recycling system.

Fourth, technological innovation helps the industry turn green into gold. Focusing on key common technologies such as residual energy detection and safety management of old power batteries, as well as efficient extraction of valuable elements from used batteries, material restoration, and harmless disposal of residual substances, we will implement research and development in municipal key R & D plans and project projects, and arrange special financial support. The Municipal New Energy Vehicle Association has joined hands with recycling enterprises, universities, scientific research institutes and institutions to establish an industrial alliance to gather industry strength, promote the healthy and orderly development of the power battery recycling industry, and promote the industry's green gold content with new technology.

Dongfeng Hongtai Resource Recycling Company